How to Find Text in Word 2013

Finding text is the domain of the Editing group in Word 2013, found on the far right end of the Home tab on Word’s Ribbon interface. The Editing command button group may appear in its full glory, or, when Word’s window is too narrow, simply as an Editing button. When it’s a button, you must click the button first to see the palette of commands.

Word can quickly and graphically locate text in your document, from the smallest iota to the world’s longest run-on sentence. It’s handled by the Find command. Abide by these steps:

1On the Home tab, click the Find button in the Editing group.

You can also use the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+F, which is one of the few keyboard shortcuts that makes sense.